Docker
Staff Backend Engineer, Hub (East Coast)
$170K–$276K
United States · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 2, 2025
- Experience
- 8+ years backend engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Docker considers visa sponsorship on a case-by-case basis based on business needs.
About the job
Own and lead the design, operation, and scaling of Docker Hub’s distributed backend, storage, and registry systems.
What you'll do
- Architect and operate high-scale services for artifact storage, metadata, indexing, and APIs; lead work on replication, caching, performance, and reliability.
- Design and optimize data models and storage layers, and own systems from API design through deployment and production monitoring.
- Improve observability and operational tooling, participate in on-call, and mentor engineers while leading architecture reviews.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems and large-scale backend architectures.
- Production experience with Golang and Kubernetes, including operating services at scale.
- Production experience designing and operating high-scale storage systems (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or equivalent); experience with cloud-based services and event-driven or streaming systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with OCI registries, artifact stores, or large-scale content distribution systems.
- Familiarity with search/indexing systems or metadata-rich architectures; contributions to cloud-native or open-source ecosystems.
Pay
USD $170,350 – $275,550 base salary
Tools
Golang, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, Kafka, SNS/SQS, Argo CD
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